Solar Images from the Yohkoh Satellite

These images come from the Yohkoh satellite, a solar observatory
that operated in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2001.

Yohkoh detects the X-rays produced
by the Sun's hot outer atmosphere; through 1992 Yohkoh also
made images from visible light, like the images provided here.
The images listed below are in the GIF and TIF formats: choose the
format that's right for you. They are about
262 kilobytes each; image resolution is 512 pixels by 512 pixels.

GIF Images:

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